New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-05
ELKWOOD AND HAMBURG.
CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEY MEET.
BOTH WILL BE FIT TO RUN FOR MANS LIFE ON
WEDNESDAY.


10Th WILL BE FIT TO RUN FOR MANS LIFE ON
WEDNESDAY.
Thar. should oe moro match races They exotic I'M
sornmou interest and give the turfoving community
somothng to talk about Drift into the lobby OF the St
yaxnes Hotel or the Hoffman House museum and you are
erected with the In Iury Are you an Elkwood man
Or Are you q Banburg mani" Circumstances compel
you TO offensive partisan In this match OF the East
against the West. Messrs. Morrissey and Grats Tor
Sam Emery should distribute rosettes among their
followers that man need not be pestered
with these tn 1uries his partisanshp. OF course
enc finds many Mugwump supporters Of other horses,
hut all such will have fall In line before "Wednesday
Nobody cares anything about the clans who can't get up
spirit enough back either sde Such creatures are
not sporssmen.
What has Elkwood done that he should 10 made the
fayorite among the people, Ekwood. By Eoius out OF
Minnie Andrews Is four years old Al the age Oh 'nroo
he ran twenty three races winning nve he Is COM
monty REGARDED a. distance performer hence MS
smoral" on Saturday in the New-York Handicap az
mile and a half His last In 1896 was for the
Potomac Stakes Il 3.s miles, at Washington, The Bard
his oniv oponepnt, beating him in Walk. Eacn
carried 10 pounds With 1O7 pounds up he beat Rupert
ul5) head the Bowie stakes three miles, az Bait-
more It being his as victory OF the season Previous
In that race he had failed In eight consecutive
attempts being beaten by Mlie Adonis, Barnum, Wick
ham, Blue Wing, Molle MoCarthys Last, Peekskill'
Electric Housatonic Favor, Gonfaon Frank Ward ana
Others less account Elkwoods best race AZ
three year-old for the Jerome Stakes Il ID mies
in which The Bard succeeded In beating him, as many
excellent judges contend through Spelmans error In
misaking the winning pst aud pulling up This, how
over simply matter Of opinion. Some OF the shrewd
at racing men OF day maintain that The Bard would
have won in any event.
Ekwood has started fifteen times this season and won
three racesthe Merchants Stakes Il SO miles, and the
Norrssey Stakes "a miles, at Saratoga and the Twin
City Handicap u Ia miles, at sheepshead Bay. he
won the Merchants Stakes only after running dead
heat with Dunboyne who conceding him no less
than seventeen pounds In the Morrssey Stakes ne beat
the inconsistent voante the latter giving him three
pounds At times nythng that runs on four legs may
beat voane Elkwoods glory gathered no ustre In the
NewYork Handicap although the race was undoubtedly
one Of the greatest Of his life. Nothing succeeds IKE
eye even though require broken record to defeat
him. Perhaps racegoers have iorgotsen nov S Hooen
q SIS miles, on August 10. True, he giving the my
eight but sae %esh sna she beat him
again without extending herself Can Kaiooian Deaf
Banburgi
Ekwood and Bsnburg meet at weight fos age the
the pounds allowed gedinss 100 The Two hosss
both Mr. steyenss fast ally Wary who ought 70 30
winning brackets at sheepshead, beat them win rlS
1S8s essf EGwood 1s ridden by Isaac Murphy
ming second and 5anburg uos ~, ridden by Godfrey,
says: When Strengthened out Wary came again in re.
Spouse to Vests urgent calls and soon disposed OF the
wood came up with wild rush ct the frong but could
never close with Wary who won by two lengths There
nesday Bsnburg carries 8 l-2 pounds les, than he
then Since that time he has had 1ne honor S
nvincibe, the Of Hndoo conoedng him Sl2 pounds
the public calls the victory 1ts put M BanbFs
won ON his inertia OF the public Is right WHY
A. EsSnIman than Hanover and where is the man who
will seriously that Es9umau Is within ~ ROnno
saws that Banburg better horse to-day than he ever
was before So saws Mr.. Gratz Of Elkwood On public
depend in large measure upon the who occupy the
saddles. The public must decide between Billy
morning TIE TRIBUNE viii have something further TO
say in regard to the chances Of the two opponents
Mclaughlin smiles again the long lane Of his ill-uck
n may %aas ahead Of hun What pity these two
public pets cannot have the mounts on EiKwood anu
Banburg.
j. Ulman's two-y ear.old brown gelding Raceland ap
pears In public to-day for the drst time since he gave
Emperor of Norfolk beating In the Quicksep Stakes at
be be as Re sas ha
into the homesreteh on anything Ee even terms
beat him to the winning post likes lounge along
for half mile and objects to busting, but once squared
speed that is astounding This sounds agreeable and
may cost the racing enthusiast lew dollars SUI,
Racelan0
has started only five times this year and has four
brackets to his credit
There were so many good things at sheepshead on
ears open The stereotyped comI of the average
racegoer when he settles himself for the homeward
tourney Is II hadn't listened to So-and so I'd have
won" He returns to the course next day vowing to
back his judgment and is talked of his horse before
the first race. The gunp who accepts UP and
grumbles when it fails 70 win deserves to lose. II man
can't lose without damnlng his acquaintance he has no
business on race course.
Omnscient Plnnger.oWhacher playin
Timd seeker after Good Things " Emperor
Keep of re won't be in It."
All right, put Ter up But don't say after the
did o. tell YER"
.Bsidwins backin Tea Tray. saw him put up the
stuff"
as that soi"
Tie Il mid man backs Tea Tray
Among the good things In soak as they say in the
yernacuar, are Frank Ward and HousaODic. The
former was exposed in most unfortunate manner on
from Anything that beats him at mile and half
will have to go the distance 10 better than 2:Se;
to have hog killing him Saturday, but couldn't
get the rock hot ~
Betting on the Derby of 1888 has begun in earnest the
crack twoyearoId as the winner THIS what London
turf authority says on the subject:
G eso 5sssn 1s ss % &c Saes or
years Derby at desperate fatuy 70 bet on
peci4y as so many were whdrawn Their
sa os s tho
SSss @ Ses a ' the os.
0yearod. IL Is pudding 10 support Ay-.
shire Who although smart co has not yet mani
tested such marked Superiority as would justify one IN
regarding decidedly Derby horse that he
shnnld and Sc breeze meet In
Tuesday I'm the FIRST October week,
fully expe lilly will wIn II would assuroly be
pruient defer any specu atoms his Derby chance
anti alter the Houghion meeting.
SHEEPSHEAD ENTRIES TO-DAY.
A MANLY ATTRACTIVE HOLIDAY PROGRAMME,